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...Cross was a plump man who wore rimless spectacles, a chesterfield and a walrus mustache. He was also mighty adventurous. Born in upper New York State in 1837, he twice ran away with circuses, and at 16 made his way to Paris, where he learned animal painting from Rosa Bonheur. On his return, he went west with a circus, painting the animals and developing an interest in Indian life. Later he decorated circus wagons for P. T. Barnum, finally decided his life was too tame and set forth in search of savages...
...Barbara Ann Scott, one "P.B.," writing in the obscure Le Bonheur of Trois Rivières, Que., had kind words: "I am ready to believe that this young girl is a model of virtue, modesty, discretion and grace." But for Barbara Ann's clothes and capers, and for figure-skating in general, fuddy-duddy "P.B." had only scorn. Last week L'Action Catholique, official mouthpiece of Quebec's Roman Catholic archdiocese, picked up his words, gave them wide (circ. 83,000) circulation...
...Garneau, Montreal critic and devoted apostle of French letters, sounded the first sharp note. With apprehension he had watched the rise of such French Canadian writers as Gabrielle Roy, whose Bonheur d'occasion (Accidental Happiness) became a U.S. best-seller as The Tin Flute (TIME, March 17). Her story of a Montreal slum showed unmistakable U.S. influences. Wrote Garneau, in the 1946 literary supplement of Montreal's Le Canada: "We cannot escape the zone of influence of a mighty literary power. If it is not France it will be America." French Canadian authors, said he, should turn...
...Metropolitan Museum, the paintings will go on show at next week's State Fair. Among the 30 paintings were works by Titian, Tintoretto, Rembrandt, Goya, Rubens and El Greco. But Dallas Museum Director Jerry Bywaters counted on a lesser masterpiece to reach the heart of Texas: Rosa Bonheur's sun-spangled Horse Fair, whose picturebook realism and 8-by-16-ft. grandeur make it a crowd favorite in Manhattan...
Universal Pictures, Inc. has paid $50,000 for the screen rights, plus another $25,000 when shooting starts. Last week French, German, Swiss, Swedish, Portuguese and other publishers were dickering energetically for translation rights. Bonheur was setting an earnings mark that no other French Canadian book had ever approached...